how to pronounce " friends" "guards" correctly?

Question

i felt it is nearly impossible to pronounce the two consonants d and z at the quickly or else either one of them is likely to be missing .

is the sounds of the d and z joined together or separated or would there be any special skills to learn this?

Answer 1

Most English speakers actually say frenz and garz. The dz sound is aspirated (breathed out) as one sound. Sort of like dzahh.
It is really hard to write this without phonics symbols. It is nearly impossible to pronounce those consonants together, and lazy English takes over.

Answer 2

Well, try pronouncing 'friens' and 'guars', the d is reduced to a tap of the tongue on the upper gum. Not the full stop of 'friend' or 'guard', but a harder sound of the touch. The tongue vibrates below the gum on the plain 's', touches briefly on the ridge of the gum on the 'ds' touches more firmly on the upper gum for 'd'

Answer 3

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Hope it helps.